Electric Bilge Pump - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

dsafety · 04-28-2010, 08:08 AM

How about this as an inexpensive bilge pump idea. Mount some sort of an intake device in the lowest point of your yak. Connect a long tube to it which under most conditions would be just curled up and stored, (maybe under the seat).

In an emergency, pull out the tube and connect it to the intake hose of your bait tank. Turn on the tank and pump the yak dry. It would probably be best to have some sort of a diversion valve to block off the normal water intake to the tank when pumping the yak.

Of course there would probably be priming issues that would have to be dealt with, (maybe you could put a priming bulb in the tubing somewhere.)

This idea might be a bit hard to implement for those of us that have tanks with scupper intakes such as the Hobie LiveWell but I am sure a workable design could be found.

Bob

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04-28-2010, 08:08 AM	#25
dsafety Olivenhain Bob Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olivenhain, CA Posts: 1,122	How about this as an inexpensive bilge pump idea. Mount some sort of an intake device in the lowest point of your yak. Connect a long tube to it which under most conditions would be just curled up and stored, (maybe under the seat). In an emergency, pull out the tube and connect it to the intake hose of your bait tank. Turn on the tank and pump the yak dry. It would probably be best to have some sort of a diversion valve to block off the normal water intake to the tank when pumping the yak. Of course there would probably be priming issues that would have to be dealt with, (maybe you could put a priming bulb in the tubing somewhere.) This idea might be a bit hard to implement for those of us that have tanks with scupper intakes such as the Hobie LiveWell but I am sure a workable design could be found. Bob